Haskins v. Commonwealth

PALMORE, Chief Justice.

William Allen Haskins appeals from an order denying without a hearing his RCr 11.42 motion to set aside a judgment entered on February 17, 1969, sentencing him to 21 years’ imprisonment pursuant to a plea of guilty on a charge of armed robbery, KRS 433.140.

On February 10, 1969, after having first pleaded not guilty, Haskins was tried and found guilty by a jury which fixed his punishment at life imprisonment. The trial court then granted his motion for a new trial, whereupon he entered a plea of guilty and received the 21-year sentence he now seeks to vacate. The…